FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements/Summer Schools in the Arts

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

ALABAMA

Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support statewide folk arts activities. Project activities will include policy development, acquisitions for the Archive of Alabama Folk Culture, planning of the 2008 Community Scholars Institute, and development of Alabama folk culture for the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
$630,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Artemis Media Project
Foley, AL
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a radio documentary about traveling black college swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s. A co-production with Murray Street Productions, Swingtime: Black College Bands on the Rhythm Road will explore the social, musical, and historical legacy of these bands and their role in the development of American musical culture.

Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham, AL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the publication of a catalogue of the museum's collection of 19th-century decorative cast iron art. The catalogue will serve as the authoritative resource on German decorative cast iron art.

Children's Dance Foundation (Consortium)
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the School Touring Program, which consists of half-day residencies at underserved elementary schools in Jefferson County. The project is a partnership with the Jefferson County Board of Education, and includes a Math in Motion performance, which links dance to the curriculum.

Children's Dance Foundation
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Community Partnership Program. Students in the Movement to Music program and Dance and Science Initiative will participate in dance classes with professional teaching artists, learning movement concepts that culminate in student performances.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association (aka Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts)
Montgomery, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support documentation of the museum's American works on paper collection. The goal of the project is to make all the information available on the museum's Web site.

Sloss Furnaces Foundation, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$63,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Sloss Youth Apprenticeship program. High school students from the Birmingham area will apprentice with professional artists to create cast-metal sculptures.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $768,000

 
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